I am new to the forum and to hobby, but have learned quite a bit in the recent months. I hope yall have some patience with me as I go through all of this stuff.
I live on a privately owned ranch where a small civil war battle took place in Texas. The terrain is very rocky with a lot of vegetation etc. I have researched the battle quite a bit from the books written on it and have finally started to pinpoint the general area the conflict occurred. I still have a lot more ground to cover. Some of the items I have found are still a mystery to me and thought yall might have some suggestions on what they are.
Below are what I believe are .52 caliber Sharps Carbine - possible Richmond Labs. The weights are a tiny bit off as well as the length, but the tips of the bullets are a little flattened it appears. I assume the bullets would be be much flatter if actually fired, but it does appear the tips have some damage to them. I assume they are drops.
close to the bullets above I found this pocket knife. Not much information to go with on it except its old.
A little ways away I found this broken piece. Its heavy and thick. Not sure about this.
Same story here. Not sure.
This piece looks as though it could be part of a weapon, but I dont see where it would fit in.
This looks as though it could be part of a curry comb for horses or perhaps part of suspender adjustment tab. Not sure.
This part is definitely a tool for either weapons or something. Its basically a slot screwdriver large and small hand tool. The ends are exactly the same as a screw driver.
This is a buckle obviously, but I am not sure to what.
In another location of the battlefield area I found 12 different musket balls that appear to be .45 and .60 caliber. I located all of them within a 4 ft area. Someone dropped their ammo or was killed there I assume. The balls are not perfectly round by any means but dont appear to be fired either. In the same small area I found several priming caps. Some appear to be used while others looked new..or unused anyway.
I live on a privately owned ranch where a small civil war battle took place in Texas. The terrain is very rocky with a lot of vegetation etc. I have researched the battle quite a bit from the books written on it and have finally started to pinpoint the general area the conflict occurred. I still have a lot more ground to cover. Some of the items I have found are still a mystery to me and thought yall might have some suggestions on what they are.
Below are what I believe are .52 caliber Sharps Carbine - possible Richmond Labs. The weights are a tiny bit off as well as the length, but the tips of the bullets are a little flattened it appears. I assume the bullets would be be much flatter if actually fired, but it does appear the tips have some damage to them. I assume they are drops.
close to the bullets above I found this pocket knife. Not much information to go with on it except its old.
A little ways away I found this broken piece. Its heavy and thick. Not sure about this.
Same story here. Not sure.
This piece looks as though it could be part of a weapon, but I dont see where it would fit in.
This looks as though it could be part of a curry comb for horses or perhaps part of suspender adjustment tab. Not sure.
This part is definitely a tool for either weapons or something. Its basically a slot screwdriver large and small hand tool. The ends are exactly the same as a screw driver.
This is a buckle obviously, but I am not sure to what.
In another location of the battlefield area I found 12 different musket balls that appear to be .45 and .60 caliber. I located all of them within a 4 ft area. Someone dropped their ammo or was killed there I assume. The balls are not perfectly round by any means but dont appear to be fired either. In the same small area I found several priming caps. Some appear to be used while others looked new..or unused anyway.